Category: Review

Review: “Bring the Sword” by Insurgent

Hailing from Northern France, Insurgent are a Hardcore band fueled by Emo and Metal influences with politically charged, socially aware and emotively driven lyrical narratives. There music has given them the opportunity to get around forty shows both in France and Europe under their collective bullet belts, sharing stages with international players like Stick To

Review: “Antihuman Artist” by Wounded In Forest

Formed from the ashes of A Lie Nation following the tragic death of drummer Markus Leinonen, Finnish Death Metal band Wounded In Forest began life in 2023 with each member of the original band taking on a new instrument or role to forge something raw and uncompromising. Their vision was for a more stripped-down and direct Death

Review: “Here Comes The Void” by Buried Souls

Sitting cross legged in the center of the Bermuda Triangle between Hardcore, Death and Sludge Metal are Lausanne Switzerland based duo Buried Souls. Influenced by Black Metal they have been delivering aggressive, cold and relentlessly mechanical sonic abrasions since 2010, submitting two albums and three extended plays in evidence to the court. Their last audio

Review: “The All Seeing Eye: Part 2” by Age of Emergence

In April 2024 Newcastle Australian Progressive Metal trio Age of Emergence unveiled their first material with the addition of drummer Adam Clayon in EP “The All Seeing Eye: Part 1“. A well received record, it paved the way for the band to play a national tour with first time stops in the cities of Brisbane and

Review: “Ordhalia” by 5RAND

Taking their name from a chance encounter with a shaman and a South African 5 Rand coin, as a band Italian Metal act 5Rand symbolizes unexpected paths and transformative experiences. Since their inception in 2015 their music has explored themes of identity, emotional detachment, philosophy and human resilience, all woven together with elements of Melodic

Review: “Gateway” by Phobocosm

“Gateway stands as an unrelenting and eldritch death metal opus that seals one chapter while unveiling the next. The album includes material from every songwriting period of the band, some of it dating back to the Deprived and Bringer of Drought eras, as well as Foreordained, of course. We view it as the closing of

Review: “Broken Skull Opera” by Then We Died

Citing inspiration from the likes of Repulsion, Impaled Nazarene and Disrupt, Louisville Kentucky Extreme Metal act Then We Died are comprised of a group of scene veterans in Stevo M. Dobbins (Impetigo, Surgikill) on vocals, Mike May (Sinistrum, Abominant) on bass, Jim Higgins (Abominant, Assisting Sorrow) on drums, Jerry Barksdale (The Promise Of Plague, Empyrean Asunder)

Review: “Alvorecer” by Godeater

“While the release of “Vespera” signified the end of one chapter of GODEATER, “Alvorecer” is very much a new beginning. We have a new line-up, new sounds to play with, a new sense of energy and a new sense of our place in the world of extreme metal.” ~ Ross Beagan, guitars